Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1930 — Page 1

I WEATHER l Mostly fair tonight, Friday partly cloudy possibly showers louthwest portion; slightly warmer east ■nd north portions.

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IITCHELL TO TRY NEW DRY ENFORCEMENT ans to Concentrate on Commercial Bootleggers Largely lmpaign is J BEING PLANNED Washington, July 3 —(U.R) —AttorGeneral Mitchell has instituta new theory of prohibition on- ■ -enient which takes no account | the Individual citizen who V>ks- The government will not corn itself with him nor open campaigns to instruct him on 1 hibitlon ds a moral issue, it r t indicated today. iitchell's efforts will be devoted the suppression of the organizliquor traffic, and it will be a orous campaign backed by the :ice departin' nt's widespread ■“s of detection and prosecution ’ "~~he whole effort of the justice >artment will be to “quiet" the hibitlon controversy by keeping ■ds off the individual citizen. «spe federal efforts along this line the past have stirred up the .Jtroversy to its present pitch. Exemption of the one-gallon or 4 offender of the prohibition law 5 been voted by congress, with ■ate passage.of one of the XVi- k iiani reform bills yesterday. senate still is to act upon two ■er Wickershatn proposals comsnentary to this measure, for jjlifying the Jones "Five and ten S.” One provides penalties up ■six months in jail for petty Snses, while the other allows dbndants to waive jury trials. <he house adopted an amendat to the deficiency bill yesterl” providing an increase from 000 to $250,000 for enforcement ovities and senate leaders de>d to vote directly on the issue in the form of a motion by Birman Jones of the appropriate committee to accept the jse amendment. f -ack of the new federal prohibii enforcement theory is not »■ the deeire to quiet the conersy as much as possible, but conviction from 10 years experts that it is impossible practiy to enforce.the law’ upon the sen drinker. I ■"'TTf' 1 -o ‘lan Ice Cream Social he Young People’s Society of ley Reformed church is sponsg another ice cream social to leld at the Preble school, one i north of Preble on Thursday ting, July 10. The orphan band he Reformed Orphan’s Home "ort Wayne has been engaged music. A full line of Heshments will be on sale, and •nyard golf" will furnish a rsion for the evening. The 1 concert will be held from 8 o'clock central standard time. —o - 1.200 SOUGHT FOR DAMAGES rt Wayne People Seek 0 To Recover From Op Theo. Witte _«.iree damage suits totalling sll,- '* resulting from an automobile nap April 20, 1930, on state 27 north of Decatur, were in Adams circuit court against | I’bdore Witte of Adams county. te plaintiffs in the cases are rthur Wilkerson and Violet Wilon of Fort Wayne the former dng $5,000 personal damages $1,200 for damages to his autoile and the latter seeking to ver $5,000 personal damages, te plaintiffs charge that Witte e his car at an excessive rate ipeed and through negligence ck their automobile on state • 27 about eight miles south of Wayne. is further alleged that plaintiffs s injured and that Mr. Wilkerhas been unable since the accito work. Wilkerson also states te one complaint that his autoile was damaged to such an exthat it was beyond repair. te complaints were filed and the s probably will be set for the ember term of court, Barrett, 'ett and McNagney of Fort ne represent the plaintiffs in suits.

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Decatur Young Man’s Automobile Turns Over Gerald Gage, son of Burt Gage of this city, together with three girl companions received minor injuries when the Ford roadster, in which they were returning from a swimming party, turned over 2 miles west of this city, Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. The ear was driven by Mr. Gage and turned completely over when it hit loose gravel in the road. The occupants of the ear were all only slightly injured. The car was damaged. TO REDEDICATE LOCAL CHURCH Church of God Rebuilt And Remodelled Since Fire Last March The Church of God on Cleveland street will hold dedication services at the church Sunday, July G. The church was partly destroyed by tire in March. It has been remodeled and the interior has been redecorated. Also an annex lias been built which adds to the appearance and provides more space. The Church of God was built in 1913. Tile dedication service was delivered by the Rev. B. E. Warren of Springfield, Ohio. There will be Sunday School at 9:30 o'clock. E. A. Hawkins is superintendent. At 10 30 o'clock the regular morning service will be held. At 12 o’clock there wil be a basket dinner at Memorial Park on Winchester street. At 2_:30 o'clock the dedication service wil be held at the church. The Rev. E. L. Bragg of Marion will deliver the address. Rev. Bragg is a well known and capable minister of the reformation. The Rev. Mr. Kauffman of Tipton also will be present and be accompanied by the Tipton mixed quartet. There will be several other ministers from other congregations present. At 8 o'clock an evening service will be held. The trustees of the church extend a cordial invitation to the public to attend these services and inspect the new house of worship. Fred Schurger Condition Reported As “Only Fair” Tlie condition of Fred Schurger, Decatur attorney, who was painfully injured Tuesday when he fell from the haymow of his barn at the Schurger home today was reported to be only fair. Mr. Schurger's foot has caused him much pain and attending physicians fear that an infection might set in. The foot was broken in three places and the flesh was bursted open. He was reported to be resting fairly good this afternoon, but was bothered by the intense pain. Q , License Is Refused Mt. Vernon, Ind., July 3—(UP) — A blind man, 65, was refused a license at Mt. Vernon by County Clerk Lloyd W. Dixon to marry a 16-year-old girl, who came to the county office accompanied by her mother who said she was willing to consent to the union. All the parties were residents of Illinois. Under Indiana law, a 16-year-old girl cannot be married evgn witli the parents consent, tin less a court order is issued. Supreme Court To Recess Indianapolis, July 3. — <U.R) —Annual recess vacation of the Indiana Supreme court will start Friday and continue until October 1. The judges have arranged, however, to return for a court conference July 17. It is expected that other conferences will be held through the summer and important cases may be decided finally. There are some 300 cases on the court's docket. O r Woman Stabs Husband Indianapolis, July 3 —(UP) —Mrs. Roy Vernon is hard on husbands. Four years ago she was given considerable publicity over the alleged horsewhipping of a former husband, police said. Today she again is held by police this time charged with stabbing her husband with an ice pick. Physicians said the ice pick struck a rib, probably preventing serious or fatal injury to Vernon, who also was arrested on assault and battery charges.

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IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE ON ' : STATE ROADS Concrete Pouring on Two Roads in County Nears ! Completion WILL O PEN IN FEW WEEKS State road construction in Ad-1 ants county in progressing rapidly I according to reports from contrac--1 tors for road improvements on both roads 16 and 27. Work of pouring concrete on road 27 between GeneIva and Bryant has reached the town £ I limits of Geneva and it is probable that improvements will be opened to the public in the next three or sous weeks. The detour east of Geneva to 1 Bryant is being well kept, according ■ to a survey. The contractor ia charge stated that pouring would lie completed in a week and after ' the road sets it will lie ready to - open. The concrete pouring on State t road 16 east of Decatur to the Ohio j line is nearing completion and it is predicted that road will be opened before many weeks. The road ’ cuts through Bellmont park and goes straight east to the state line where it meets tlie old Van Wert road. 1 From the Ohio state line east to ’ Van Wert the bridges are being widened with the idea in mind of - that stretch being paved, linking Decatur with a paved road east com- • pletely to the Atlantic coast, i' This leaves only the stretch beI tween Decatur and Huntington 11 west, unimproved to the Illinois . state line. i County road workmen are busy every day scraping roads and plae- ? ing stone where improvements are ? necessary. General condition of , roads in the county is said to be good. o Faces Dyer Act Charge Indianapolis, July 3 —(UP) —Ler. c-ia Vonsales, 20, Toledo, was arres- . ted in Indianapolis today and will 8 be turned over io Federal authorij ties on Dyer act violation charges. Police said he was in possession of a stolen car, belonging to E. T. Miller, Toledo, when arrested. OCEAN PLANE ■ STARTS WEST 1 . 1 Kingsford - Smith And ’ Crew Leave Chicago For California i Chicago, July 3. — (U.R) — The t Southern Cross, conqueror of the 1 Atlantic and the Pacific, roared out of Chicago today toward the west coast, where two years of aerial globe trotting will end for - Lieut. Col. Kingsford-Smith, her i- pilot. V Manned by the same crew which i recently made history’s first crosse ing of the Atlantic by airplane from r the coast of Ireland to the maina land of America, the Southern Cross left Curtiss-Wright-Reynolds f airport at 6:45 a. m. for Salt Lake ‘ City after Kingsford-Smith and his ' companions had stopped here overnight on their two-stop flight across the continent. 5 A crowd of about 200 persons waved farewell to the aviators as - they soared into the west. Good i weather was reported all the way ■' to Salt Lake City, where they will stop tonight before continuing on - to California. '• In accordance with the wishes of t Lieut. Col. Kingsford-Smith, who 1 asked for refuge here for the night ■ from handshaking and ballyhoo, ■ the welcome which Chicago ex--3 tended to the fliers during their stop-off was a quiet one. The lieutenant colonel, who just received notice yesterday of his promotion to that rank from major, i and his companions in the Southi. ern Cross were met by an escort i- of planes as they neared the city. They flew to Sky Harbor airport i- and dipped a salute to the endurance record-smashing plane City e of Chicago, then landed at Curtissr Wright field, where they were I- greeted by a crowd of about 5,000 shouting admirers. i As the Southern Cross landed, s Kingsford-Smith was handed a / (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 3, 1930.

154th Observance of Independence Independence Ban Mg 4 v k One hundred fifty-four years ago tomorrow. July 4. 1776, the American colonies declared independence from England and organized the United States of America.

TO ASK HUSTON TO QUR OFFICE Hoover to Ask Republican National Chairman To Resign Washington, July 3.—(U.R) —President Hoover lias decided to take a hand in the situation revolving around Cladius Huston, chairman of the Republican national com-1 mittee, and intends shortly to demand Huston’s resignation, it was learned today. When Huston called a meeting ot the organization’s executive committee and chairman of the senatorial and congressional campaign committees for next Monday. it was rumored that it might be for the purpose of presenting his resignation. it has been discovered by republican leaders, however, that Huston had no such idea, but intended rather to go ahead with plans for the coming congressional campaign as if he were to continue in active charge throughout the summer. Huston’s attitude since the senate lobby investigating committee testimony which linked him with Muscle Shoals lobbying and stock market deals has been that he would give up the chairmanship at any time Mr. Hoover asked tor his resignation. The president has been unwilling until now to do this, but rather than see a breach within Irs own party, it is under(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FAIR WEATHER IS PREDICTED Holiday Celebrators To Enjoy Fair Weather In North Indianapolis, July 3. — (U.R) — Only residents of southwestern Indiana need worry that rain may break up their Fourth of July picnic, although the skies over nearly all of Indiana may be partly cloudy, according to the U. S. weather bureau's forecast for the holiday. Weather in Indiana will be mostly fair tonight, predictions indicate, with Friday partly cloudy and possibly showers in the southwest portion. Temperatures will be somewhat higher in the east and north portions. Temperatures that began to rise last night will continue toward a normal of about 80 degrees, the forecast indicated. ’ Although heat records of several years standing were broken last month, the average for the 30 days was exactly normal, 71.6 degrees, according to the monthly weather bulletin. Precipitation was below normal.

Canton News Is Sold Canton, O , July 3 —(U.R) — The j Canton News, one of Ohio’s most I influential afternoon papers has been sold to its opposition the Canton Repository, it was announced here today. The News was the paper of Don | Mellett, the crusading editor who was assassinated for his activities against vice in the city. The newspaper was awarded the Pulitzer prize for Mellett’s work. The News was owned by former , Gov. James M. Cox, who bought it I in 1923 from H. H. Timken, roller bearing magnate. The Repository is one of the Brush-Moore newspapers. In a signed statement published in the News today Cox said that increasing costs of operating the paper made the sale necessary. The final edition will be published today. DR.H.A.HARTMAN FUNERAL HELD Former School Superintendent Here Buried At Sidney, Ohio A number of Decatur people, including Mr. and Mrs. C. I). Teeple, Mrs. M. C. McClintock, Mr. and Mrs. William Parrent, Mrs. Ralph Roop and daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Gregory and Miss Neva Brandyberry. attended the funeral services held yesterday afternoon at Sidney, Ohio, for the late Dr. H. A. Hartman, former superintendent of schools here for seven years. Dr. Hartman died suddenly Sunday evening about ten o’clock and the news came as a shock. He had been in excellent health and had spent the day his son. Jesse, at Ridgeway, returning home about 9:15 o’clock that evening. He had been romping with his pet dog and the dog dashed across and out of the lot. Dr. Hartman ran after the dog and when he did not return members of the family followed to see what was wrong finding his body in the flower bed in an adjacent lot where he had fallen. Death was due to cornonary cmbolsm, blockage of the heart vessels. The deceased was sixty-six years old yesterday. He was born in Van Wert county, July 2, 1864, attended school there, graduated from Valparaiso college, taught in the Western Ohio Normal college, became superintendent of schools at Wetumpka, Alabama, and later held similar positions at Trinidad and Boulder, Colorado, Decatur, Indiana, and Marion, and Sidney. Ohio. He continued his school work at various places and held numerous degrees. His wife was formerly Miss Ida Brandyberry of this city. Besides the widow he is survived by five children, Dale Allen, now in Lon don; Joyce Ivan of Cleveland; Jesse V. of Ridgeway; Paul B. of Lima and Mrs. Ruth Kaiser, of Akron

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FLIERS KEEP PLANE HIGH AT CHICAGO PORT Endurance Fliers Make More Than $5,900 Each Day of Flight END IS NOT YET IN SIGHT Chicago. July 3.—(U.R)—The City i of Chicago piled up 100 hours atop! the St. Louis Robin's old refueling | endurance record today, and con | tinned reeling off the hours, chas-' ing a will-o’-the-wisp goal that always danced away when the flying Hunters neared it. The 520th hour was left behind and the flight's end was not in sight. For every day the City of Chicago remains aloft from now on. 1 tlie Hunters will profit by almost ' $5,000. it was said. An oil firm which promised SIOO for every hour the 420-hour record of the St. Louis Robin was exceeded already owes the Hunters approximately SIO,OOO. The largest portion of the quarter million dollars or so which the Hunters expect to receive will be paid them by airplane and accessory companies. They also have signed contracts to tell the story oi the flight over the radio. Among the felicitations received! was a telegram from Col. Charles ' A. Lindbergh, which read: “Congraulations on the success of your wonderful flight.'' The City of Chicago .was paid a | call yesterday by the trans-Atlantic I plane. Southern Cross. Major Charles Kingsford-Smith and his companions on the recent eastward crossing of the Atlantic flew over Sky Harbor and saluted the Hunters before landing. The legal entanglements which! i face the Hunters are the result of an endurance flight which they attempted a year ago in tile City of Chicago, which then was known as the Chicago We Will. Four stockholders of the Chicago We Will corporation obtained the writ. The four Hunter brothers and Bernard H. Majewski, head of the corporation, are named in the bill, which asked that the plane be kept within court jurisdiction. The stockholders charge that Majew’ski spent $2,900 of the corporation’s funds on a new motor for the plane last winter. Subsequently, they charge, Majewski asserted that he had sold the plane to the Hunters on a llien for the price of the motor. W. C. T. U. Plans New School Book Campaign Indianapolis, .July ?, — (UP)— (UP) —Organized effort of the W. C. T. U. to gain adoption of public school texts which will emphasize the injurious effects of alcoholic beverage is planned, according to Mrs. Oscar M. Pittinger, director of the scientific temperance instruction department of the state organization. "Present textbooks used in the school lor teaching health rules pay too little attention to the harmful effects of drinking alcohol Neither do the civic texts pay enough attention to the eighteenth amendment," Mrs. Pittinger said. — —o Foundry to Open Monday After A Week’s Vacation Work will be resumed at the Decatur Casting company next Monday, following a week's vacation period this week. The foundry did not operate this week in order to give all its employes a vacation, but operations will be resumed next Monday, according to a statement issued from the office this afternoon. Last week the Decatur Casting company operated six days. q Fraud Witnesses Talk Gary, Ind., July 3 —(UP) — The Gary primary fraud case continued at Crown Point today witli presentation of several more witnesses for tile state against Joseph Carlson and Owen O'Maia, Gary political leaders charged with conspiracy. Today's legal activities followed a sensational session yesterday afternoon when Herbert Parker. 21, and Gerald Ewald, Gary, were presented by the state as drivers of cars that conveyed several alleged women repeaters to the polls on last primary election day.

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Will Attempt Record Endurance Flight Indianapolis, July 3 - (U.R) A third attempt at the airplane refueling endurance record, now held :by tlie City of Chicago, will be i made by Lieut. laiurence Genaro, I Indianapolis, to start about July | 20. tlie aviator announced today, i Lieut, wan co-pilot witli i Lieut. Walter R. Peck in two I attempts last summer, both of I which failed. Tlie co-pilot and airplane for tlie proposed flight were ! not announced. DEATH SUMMONS BERNARD MEYER — Well-known Adams Co., Farmer Is Victim of Death Bernard Meyer, 77, life long resii dent of Adams county died at the ' home of his son, Herman Meyer. 1 4% miles southwest of Decatur, at 8:05 o'clock Wednesday night, i Deatli was due to uremic poisoning which had caused him to lie bedfast for the past year. The deceased underwent an operation on Marell 4. 1930 and since that time had been bedfast at the home of his son. He wae Imrn August 23. 1852 on tlie same farm on which lie died, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Meyer, both deceased. On November 16, 1880 he was I united in marriage to Elizabeth ! Hessler, who preceded liini in i deatli three years ago. To this ! union were born eight children, I four of whom preceded the deceased in death. Surviving are Mrs. I Rebecca Kohne of Washington j township; Herman Meyer of Decatur, route 5; Tony Meyer of tills city, and Mrs. Anna Hake of Fort Wayne. Twenty-one grandchildren also survive. Three sisters, Mrs. Mary Mausbaum. Mrs. Elizabeth Hoevel, and Mis. Christine Hoevel. all of Fort Wayne also survive. One sister. ! Mrs. Henry Eiting preceded the deceased in death. Mr. Meyer was a well known | farmer and cradle-maker, living. on the Meyer farm all of his life. I excepting eleven years spent ini this city, after he had retired. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock (Daylight Saving Time) at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, this city. Burial will be made in tlie St. Joseph cemetery. o CITIZENS MAKE HOLIDAY PLANS Picnics, Mot o r Trips. Base ba 11 Games, Will Draw Many Citizens of Decatur and Adams county are today completing plans for the Fourth of July holiday Many local people are planning motor trips while others plan to go to northern Indiana lakes for the I holiday. No public celebration is planned for Decatur. Country Club members have announced a family party at the local club with a display of fireworks at night. Auto races, baseball games and other entertainments will draw their share of Decatur fans. Many citizens are planning their own reunions and picnics, most of which will close in the evening with fireworks displays. State fire marshal Alph Hogston has issued warnings concerning tlie discharging of fireworks and firecrackers.. During the last few years Fourth of July fires damages have been greatly reduced in Indiana and local firemen urge that all people use care in the discharge of all fireworks. Many local people have received invitations to attend the Independence day celebration at Irene’ By (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Sword Swallower Gets Aid From Physician Chicago, July 3—(UP)— Wynan King, 40, who Swallows swords in side shows for a living, swallowed a dime, and was forced tcA seek medical aid. At the county hospital,’ he requested an immediate operation" to save my life." an X-ray showed the coin lodged in a bronchial tube. Drs. Samuel Salinger and Carl Shaub used a bronchoscope and removed the coin.

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LEADERS AGREE ON VETS' BILL | IN CONFERENCE Believe Other Business Can Be Finished In Time to Adjourn HOOVER WINS SEVERAL POINTS Washington. July 3 (U.R) — Speaker of the House Longworth said fotlav shortly before the house convened that ihe expected congress would clear up pending controversies today in time to adjourn hv six o’clock tonight. There was a disposition among conflicting factions in house and senate to compromise their differences so that they could end tlie long 16 month session in time to adjourn for tlie Fourth'of July. Washington. July 3—(U.R) —After President Hoover had made known his insistent opposition to the World War veterans pension bill i passed by the senate, congressionlal conferees today reached an agreement on the bill eliminating all the important senate amendments. Tlie conferees decided to report a full agreement to both houses embodying the house bill which was satisfactory to Mr. Hoover. The agreement followed three hours of hasty conferences beginning with a White House breakfast attended by Republican Floor i Leader Watson of the senate. Sen. David A. Reed, Repn., Pa., in charge of the veterans legislation, and others. Mr. Hoover handed Watson a letter opposing provisions in the measure, passed by the senate. The president objected to the increased senate rates ranging from S2O to S6O a month, the veneral disease clause, and the provision | allowing veterans to get disabll- ! ity allowances even though they I pay income taxes. Former Adams County Farmer Dies Today The news was received here today of the death early this morning of Fred W. Fuelling, former Adams county citizen at Three Rivers, Michigan, where he moved about fifteen years ago. Deatli was due to a complication of ailments with which he had suffered the past two years, Tlie ileeeased was a son of the late i Henry D. Fuelling, former commissioner of Adams county. Other relatives here are three brothers, Andrew, Louis and Henry and a brother-in-law, Henry Schulte. Mr. Fuelling lived in Root and Union townships until he moved to Three Rivers. Tlie funeral services will be held Sunday and a number from this county will attend. RIAN TRIBUTE FOR LINCOLN Rockport To Be Host To Thousands; Pageant Planned Rockport, Ind., July 3.— (U.R) — Tribute will be paid Abraham Lincoln in a Fourth of July celebration tomorrow at Rockport, where thousands of visitors from four states will gather to see the third production, of tlie biennial pageant, "VV hen Lincoln Went Flatboating From Rockport." It was from this Spencer county town, stretching along the Indiana bank of the Ohio river, that Lincoln, then 19 years old, set out down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for New Orleans as oarsman with Allen Gentry from Rockside Park, Rockport. The pageant cast, appearing in two performances, includes 500 per sons. Many of the descendants of i the Lincoln neighbors, during tlie i period froni 1816 to 1830, at I east that will portary the historical events of the former president's life. Four Rockport residents are cast to show as many stages in the ■ Emancipator’s life. Lincoln, as a ■ seven-year-old boy, will be the role (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)